Jakarta – The government is getting ready for an increase in COVID-19 cases through steps varying from increasing the capability of treatment rooms to releasing extra health employees, representative for the Interaction and Informatics Ministry said.
” Seeing a substantial increase in cases in the last few days, the government is preparing to deal with worse conditions, including by converting non-COVID-19 treatment rooms into intensive care rooms for COVID-19, especially in hospitals in Java and Bali with equipment assistance, such as ventilators, and extra health employees,” Dedy Permadi stated in a press statement issued on Friday.
The Ministry of Health, the Indonesian Military (TNI), the National Authorities (Polri), and the National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) are looking for to increase the variety of isolation sites for COVID-19 patients, he included.
Local governments have likewise been asked to find other solutions for including treatment spaces for COVID-19 clients, he informed.
” The Minister of Health will right away set in motion human resources to meet the needs of health employees. Last year medical students and potential nurses will be included to help in this emergency scenario,” Permadi stated.
As of 12 p.m. local time on Friday, Indonesian added 38,124 confirmed cases of COVID-19, bringing the overall number of clients infected with the virus to 2,455,912
The number of deaths were tape-recorded at 871, while the number of healings stood at 28,975
The recovery rate has actually been the greatest given that the start of the pandemic in Indonesia in March,2020 Active coronavirus cases in the nation have actually reached 367,733 up until now.
According to the Health Ministry, an overall of 35,775,567 Indonesians have actually received the very first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine as of July 9, 2021, a boost of 914,881 compared to the previous day.
Meanwhile, the number of Indonesians who have gotten the 2nd vaccine dose has actually reached 14,868,577, up 246,075 from the previous day, based on information launched by the ministry here on Friday.
Under the very first phase of the national vaccination program, which has actually been executed given that January 13, 2021, the federal government is targeting to inoculate 40,349,049 individuals. The program is prioritizing health care employees, civil service officers, and the senior.
Overall, the government is aiming to immunize 181.5 million people, or 70 percent of the country’s population, in an effort to develop herd resistance against COVID-19 (INE)
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